Sidney Cywes was born in South Africa in the town of Paarl in the Western Cape on 1 January 1931. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and graduated MB, ChB in 1953. He trained at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) and worked there throughout his career. In 1

Christopher Hugh Rance was a consultant paediatric surgeon at Nottingham City Hospital. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

David James Waterston was born in St Andrews on 26 August 1910, the son of Professor David Waterston FRSE, FRCSE, Professor of Anatomy in the University of St Andrew's and younger brother of Brigadier Richard E Waterston FRCS (*Lives of the Fellows*, 1974-1982, p.406). He was educated privately at C

Archie Wilmot Middleton studied medicine at Sydney University. After qualifying in 1943, he was RMO at the Repatriation Hospital in Sydney for two years and then registrar at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney for another year. He came to London to specialise in surgery and was regi

Jeremy Lawson was a highly respected paediatric surgeon being on the consultant staff of three London hospitals, namely St Thomas’, Westminster Children’s and Great Ormond Street (honorary). He also had an attachment to Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton. He was born in London on 1 July 1927, the

Donald Manton Llewelyn was a paediatric surgeon at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. He was born in Sydney on 11 December 1929, the sixth child and fourth son of Arthur Stuart Llewelyn, an insurance executive, and Loys Llewelyn née Bartrim, the daughter of a farmer. He was educated at Roseville

Nathanial Myers was a paediatric surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Joseph Lannon was born on 11 March 1911. He was educated at the University of Witwatersrand and after qualifying in 1934 proceeded to train as a surgeon, passing the FRCS in 1938. During the second world war he joined the New Zealand forces and served in the New Zealand General Hospital in North Afr

William Ainslie Anderson was a paediatric and general surgeon in Derby. He was born on 24 September 1925 in Aberdeen into a medical family. His father, William Anderson, was a well-known surgeon and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. His mother was Barbara Matthew Kate Anderson née Gibson, a

Alfred Murray Clarke was born at Kui Kiang, China, on 11 January 1909. His father was Ernest Edward Clarke a missionary and his mother Marina, née More, was a teacher. His early education in China was from his mother and in 1921 at the age of twelve he went to Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne, fo

Herbert Bernhard Eckstein was born in Dusseldorf, Germany, on 11 July 1926. His father Albert Eckstein was Professor of Paediatrics in Dusseldorf, Hamburg and then in Ankara (Turkey) where his family settled in the early 1930's. His mother, Erna, was the daughter of Professor A Schlossmann, Professo

Frederick Ronald Edwards was born in Chester on 14 April 1910. He graduated with honours at the University of Liverpool in 1932, won the Samuels Memorial Scholarship in surgery, obtained the FRCS in 1934, the ChM in 1935 and the MD in 1938. His surgical training was in Wigan and Liverpool and he was